Table 2 Description of clinical research projects in Finland in 2002 and 2007, proportions (%) of projects 1
From: Clinical research in Finland in 2002 and 2007: quantity and type
| Â | 2002 | 2007 | Total | P value6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
(n) | 794 | 762 | 1556 | |
Type | ||||
Domestic drug research | 11.1 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 0.601 |
International drug research | 18.1 | 20.4 | 19.2 | 0.615 |
Other medical research | 70.8 | 66.0 | 68.4 | 0.090 |
Main content | ||||
Treatment | 54.0 | 56.6 | 55.3 | 0.443 |
Diagnostics and disease | 24.0 | 18.0 | 21.1 | 0.192 |
Biomedical | 8.7 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 0.545 |
Prevention | 7.2 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 0.665 |
Other + missing | 6.1 | 14.8 | 10.3 | -- |
Approach | ||||
Randomized controlled trial | 15.9 | 23.8 | 19.8 | 0.092 |
Trial + intervention | 24.3 | 21.1 | 22.7 | 0.475 |
Observational | 43.7 | 41.5 | 42.6 | 0.567 |
Documents + registers | 4.8 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 0.780 |
Other + missing | 11.3 | 7.4 | 9.4 | -- |
Main funder 2 | ||||
Industry | 28.7 | 33.7 | 31.2 | 0.236 |
Public fund | 16.3 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 0.966 |
Health care | 52.1 | 42.3 | 47.3 | 0.010 |
Missing | 2.9 | 8.0 | 5.4 | -- |
Data collection site 3 | ||||
University hospital | 63.8 | 43.7 | 54.0 | <0.001 |
Other public health care facility | 13.5 | 20.1 | 16.7 | 0.165 |
Private care | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 0.984 |
Other place | 10.9 | 14.7 | 12.8 | 0.417 |
Missing | 4.3 | 14.1 | 9.1 | -- |
Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | Â |
Non-commercial 4 | 75.4 | 70.9 | 73.2 | 0.087 |
Multi-center study 5 | ||||
National | 27.8 | 30.7 | 29.2 | 0.497 |
International | 21.3 | 23.8 | 22.5 | 0.576 |